Riyadh vs Zaragoza - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Riyadh	Zaragoza
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1637	$1101
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3629	$2539
🏠 One person rent	$944	$496
🏘️ Family rent	$1530	$671
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$409
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$90.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2731	$1637
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	72	27
😀 Quality of life	78	59
🏙️ Population	7.01M	687K

The cost of living in Riyadh is 49% more expensive than in Zaragoza. Cities ranked 2911th and 4828th ($1637 vs $1101) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 120th in Saudi Arabia and Spain, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Riyadh compared to 1.5 months in Zaragoza. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Zaragoza ranked 99th in Spain, while ranked 733rd and 5447th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Zaragoza

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	Riyadh	Zaragoza
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.31	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$3.81
☕ Cappuccino	$4.16	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$2.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1001	$546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$748	$383
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2174	$721
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1140	$519
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.4	$56.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$86.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.4	$24.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.42%	3.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2485	$4315
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1703	$2280
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.2	$26.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$14.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$1.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$2.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$1.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.71	$7.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.19	$5.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.8	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.03	$3.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$1.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$1.86
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$102	$41.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.2	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.2	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$92.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$404	$474
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10598	$7261

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Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529

Cities near Zaragoza

Distance	City	Cost of living
67 km or 42 mi	Huesca	$1071
76 km or 47 mi	Tudela	$1241
126 km or 78 mi	Lleida	$1235
144 km or 90 mi	Pamplona	$1422
158 km or 98 mi	Logrono	$983
174 km or 108 mi	Vinaros	$1275
187 km or 116 mi	Tarragona	$1217
188 km or 117 mi	Pau	$1296
193 km or 120 mi	Tarbes	$1369
199 km or 123 mi	Vitoria-Gasteiz	$1532
200 km or 124 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1100
201 km or 125 mi	Villarreal	$1131
202 km or 125 mi	Irun	$1453
203 km or 126 mi	Errenteria	$1461
205 km or 127 mi	Cuenca	$1084
206 km or 128 mi	San Sebastian	$1477
207 km or 128 mi	Borriana	$1150
211 km or 131 mi	Zarautz	$1438
211 km or 131 mi	Biarritz	$1562
215 km or 133 mi	Eibar	$1365
218 km or 136 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1601
222 km or 138 mi	Guadalajara	$1056
223 km or 138 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1269
223 km or 139 mi	Ordino	$1592
225 km or 140 mi	Manresa	$1089
225 km or 140 mi	Sagunto	$1220
241 km or 149 mi	Terrassa	$1361
241 km or 150 mi	Requena	$1261
243 km or 151 mi	Rubi	$1393
244 km or 152 mi	Burgos	$1107
245 km or 152 mi	Alcala de Henares	$1293
246 km or 153 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1389
247 km or 153 mi	Valencia	$1522
247 km or 153 mi	Bilbao	$1455
248 km or 154 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1434
249 km or 155 mi	Sabadell	$1431
250 km or 156 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1567
254 km or 158 mi	Ripollet	$1454
255 km or 159 mi	Portugalete	$1385
256 km or 159 mi	Torrejon de Ardoz	$1387